Here’s your recap of this week’s poems plus one new poem to carry us into the week ahead.

Jul 7 - worlds without blueprints by Paper Trail Poetry @paper_trail_poetry on Instagram

Jul 8 - Fringford Brook by Violet Jacob

Jul 9 - The Eagle with Blue Feathers by Kimmery Moss @kimmerywrites on Instagram. Her book Wolf Mother: A New Love Story is out now. Wolf Words: A Poetry Subscription for Women

Jul 10 - To take death by Maggie Devers: @rembrandts.cure on Instagram. Her book, For My Daughter, is out now.

Jul 11 - I'm small, meek, pale and weak by Holly Fries @hollyf83 on Instagram.

Jul 12 - O, Cynthia by Cyn Grace Sylvie @cyngracesylvie and @greystrega on Instagram. And on Substack Cyn Grace, The Grey Strega

June 13 -

Round and Round Maggie Devers I can’t remember what it wasMusical chairsAnd before that,Let me grab it . . .I missed it because I really wanted to know about musical chairs
I realized it’s an intuitive game—The winners tune in to the music masterThey know the song will stop before it will stop,That slight inhalation And they’re ready to sitBefore these rest
She almost made it to the finalBeing in the last threeAnd I realized how much She’s just like me
They played in the water Then drank pineapple juice in the sun,Knowing how to live so young
Ah, it was the beeThat she captured and “might not have made itOr might have been very, very tired”That was the thingI remember now the music has stoppedAnd my mind no longer goes round in circles.

More from Maggie Devers ↓

• Read my debut poetry book, For My Daughter
• Follow me on Instagram for more poetry @rembrandts.cure

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